Bere Island Writing Retreats Poetry Competition

Location: Bere Island

Organiser: Pauline Hurley

When: May to August 2025

Pauline Hurley
Bere Island Writing Retreats
Bere Island.
Judge: Theo Dorgan
May to August

Now in its second year, the poetry competition again worked with both islanders and non islanders. For this competition, the word ‘sea’ was in the title or body of the entry. The winning entries received a monetary prizes and had the opportunity to read their entries in front of an audience. 

1st Place ‘Waterwise’ by Partridge Boswell
2nd Place ‘The Sea Remembers’ by Khudeeja Begum
3rd Place ‘No Country Nursing Home for this Old Man’ by John D Kelly